Is it true that it is not permissible to eat, drink, or take anything from a house with an orphan in it, and does this statement have any basis in Islamic law?
Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 2026
It is permissible to eat from a house where there is an orphan, and there is no evidence to prohibit that. However, if it is known that the orphan has wealth and the household members are unjustly consuming from it, then it is better not to eat from their food, fearing that what is eaten might be from the orphan's wealth.
Summary from Ftawy's records · added here
Reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
Read the full answer on Ftawyhttps://ftawy.com/en/questions/48377
Where this answer came from
- Source platform
- Ftawy
- Original fatwa ID
- 48377
- Added here
- . This is when the answer was added to El Fatwa, not the fatwa's date.
- Text
- Summary from Ftawy's records, reviewed by El Fatwa's sharia committee.
- Read the full ruling
- Read the full answer on Ftawy